Free Sirius/XM radio over Thanksgiving Travel

I have and pay for Sirius/XM radio. I drive enough to justify the expense. I thought I would pass on this news...

Free sampling over travel holiday.  If you car is satilite radio equipped but you are not a current subscriber,  now, through Nov 27 (Mon after Thanksgiving) your satilite service will work for free to 100 channels.  Should be as simple as just hitting the satilite button on your radio. No need to call or set anything up if your car is fully equipped with a satilite radio reciever. Also works on portable units like I have. 

So, if you are heading "over the hill and through the the woods" this holiday, you have some free entertainment coming along with you. 

Meh, i am always on 314(faction punk).Taking the charger north, we didn’t renew it so it’ll be nice.  

Thanks!  I knew this annual event was coming up soon!  

Thanks, my CPO Mazda CX-5 came equipped with it and I literally never used it since I rarely drive long distances in it. SiriusXM hounded my phone for weeks when the "trial period" which I never signed up for ended trying to get me to sign up, finally they just stopped calling. I hope that if I use it this weekend they don't know that my receiver tuned in and tie it back to my phone number and start hounding me again.

Sweet. I had Sirius but couldn't justify the expense since I only have it in my winter car. My wife loves it but she doesn't use her car often so it wasn't worth it for her to renew.

FYI, the trick is to cancel and they'll offer you a discounted rate. They offer a lower price, then a lower one, and eventually bottom out at (I think) $25 for 6 months. Sign up then set a reminder to call again and cancel in 6 months. It's been working for years.

Keith Tanner said:

FYI, the trick is to cancel and they'll offer you a discounted rate. They offer a lower price, then a lower one, and eventually bottom out at (I think) $25 for 6 months. Sign up then set a reminder to call again and cancel in 6 months. It's been working for years.

Been my experience also.  Works with cable/internet companies too

I tried it last night but it was not working. 

You might have to leave the radio on for a bit for it to get the activation signal from the satellite.

Slippery said:

I tried it last night but it was not working. 

My wife's car is a 2010 Mazda5.  There is a button on the radio for "Sat" (satellite) but her car does not have the optional XM or Sirius receiver to actually pull in that signal so it has never worked in her car.  

I find that if your button actually says XM or Sirius then it is equipped.  My MIL's Ford actually says Sirius.  If it just says "Satellite" then optional equipment may be needed.  If you have that equipment and you have pulled satellite radio in that car before then it should work now.  

My '07 Prius radio also has a dashboard button for "satellite" but does not genuinely have the optional satellite antenna and does not pull down the service.  I get service int hat car by playing my portable Sirius radio through the AUX jack.  

In reply to John Welsh :

It had XM when we bought it. Like a 3 month free subscription. It worked last year also for a one of these promotions. 

I probably did not do it properly or have to have it outside so that it finds the signal. Will try again tomorrow. 

The trick is to find an early Sirius boom box.  My SO has one whose subscription was cancelled in the summer of '03.  It STILL works.  Always.  Did some digging and it turns out that some say there are a very few early examples that Sirius/XM can't kill.  We keep it shut down during the promos out of fear that their KILL signal will finally nab it.  I dunno.  Maybe I'm misinformed about how it all works (...and all the science I don't understand.  It's just my job five days a week....) but we've been cranking that darn thing for three years now after finding it in her folks basement and plugging it in on a lark.  Could be her X is still paying the subscription and doesn't know it?  Don't think so.  He's broke.